PDMA ALLIANCE INC.
Privacy Statement
This Privacy Statement was last revised on and is effective as of October 30, 2009.
Overview
The web site located at www.pdmaalliance.org (the
“Site”) is owned and operated by PDMA Alliance Inc. (“Alliance”). We recognize
the importance of privacy to you and are firmly committed to protecting
your privacy when you visit the Site. As a result, we have instituted this
website privacy policy (“Privacy Statement”), which applies only to the
operation of the Site. Alliance is providing this notice to explain how
we collect, use, disclose and protect the personal information that we
collect from you in connection with your use of the Site. This Privacy
Statement applies only to the use and collection of data collected by
this Site and does not apply to any other data collected by us online
or offline.
In general, you may visit the Site and view its content while remaining anonymous by not providing any personal information. By using the Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Statement and, if you provide us your personal information, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Statement or as otherwise described at the time of such collection. If you do not agree with this policy, please do not provide us any information and do not use the Site.
As used in this Privacy Statement, “we” includes Alliance, its affiliates, and any third-party vendors we hire to assist in the administration of the Site, the collection, cataloging and/or analysis of data, and/or the processing or handling of any visitor transactions. These vendors are required to maintain the confidentiality of the user information and are prohibited from using it for any purpose other than as described in this Privacy Statement.
Registering with Alliance
In
order to use or access certain services provided on or through the Site,
you may need to register with us, which will entail your disclosure and
transmission of certain information about you. In connection with your
registration, or at any time after registering, you may “opt-out” or
unsubscribe from receiving any communications from us by following the
unsubscribe instructions in any email you receive from us.
Information
We Collect
If you register with us, we shall collect certain personal
information provided by you, which includes your name, address, telephone
number, e-mail address, and certain other personal and demographic information
about you.
Our Site may also collect non-identifiable information that becomes available to us as a result of your visit to our Site. This information includes, for example, your IP address (a number automatically assigned to your computer when you visit the Site, and which is logged by our servers), your Internet Service Provider (“ISP”), your web browser, the type of operating system, the domain name of the website which links you to our Site, the pages you visited, the average time spent on the Site, and the products searched for on the Site.
Because we are very interested in the successful dissemination of information through the Site, we will review visitor trends recorded on certain log files. In connection with such log files, analysis software will be used to generate reports which will allow us to determine how we can enhance your experience with our Site. This information will not be used to ascertain your identity or the substance of what you are viewing. The log files may be purged periodically, in our discretion, to maximize space on the server.
Please be aware that all data is delivered to servers located in the United States and will be processed in the United States.
Collection of Personally
Identifying Information from or about Children
Alliance does not knowingly
collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of
13 or knowingly allow such persons to register. If you are under 13,
please do not attempt to register or send any information about yourself
to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address.
No one under age 13 may provide any personal information to Alliance.
In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information
from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we
will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that
we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please
contact us at mail@pdmaalliance.org.
Use and Disclosure of Your Personal
Information
The information we learn from visitors helps us personalize
and improve the Site and services that we offer through the Site. We
use your information to respond to your queries and provide you with
certain services and information pursuant to your requests.
Alliance will include certain personal information about you, including your name, contact information and other related information in various membership, registrant or event listings and directories that will be published by us and distributed among, or otherwise made available to, our registered users, members or event attendees, as applicable, unless you request that all or any portion of such information remain “non-published.” All such requests of non-publication should be directed to Alliance at mail@pdmaalliance.org.
We may also use your personal information for the following
purposes:
• establishment and maintenance of our relationship with you;
• meeting legal, regulatory, insurance, security and processing requirements;
and
• otherwise with your consent.
We will not share or sell personal information with unaffiliated third parties (including marketers), except as set forth in this Privacy Statement, unless we have clearly requested and obtained your explicit consent.
Other Uses
In addition, we may share
your personally identifying information with any third-party, without
your consent or approval and without notice to you, (i) as permitted
or required by law, (ii) to protect and defend the rights of Alliance
and its employees or any other user of the Site, (iii) as incident to
a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution, bankruptcy or
similar event, (iv) under circumstances we believe reasonably necessary
to protect the personal safety of our employees, users of the Site, or
the public, (v) to disclose information that is necessary to identify,
contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our
published policies, (vi) to operate the Site properly, or (vii) as is
otherwise described in this Privacy Statement.
Forums and Job Postings
This Site may make forums and message boards (“Public Forum”) available
to the registered users for the purpose of allowing such users to submit,
post, display or view user generated written content or communications,
including, but not limited to, job postings and other related listings
provided by the users (collectively, “User Generated Content”). Please
remember that User Generated Content and any other information that is
disclosed in the Public Forum will be considered non-confidential public
information that is accessible to, and viewable by, any person obtaining
access to the Site, including persons in countries that might not have
legislation that guarantees adequate protection with respect to your
country of residence, and Alliance is under no obligation to afford such
content the privacy protections provided herein. All User Generated Content
is subject to the Alliance General Terms of Use and Alliance may, in
its sole discretion, access, use and disclose any User Generated Content
and related information it considers necessary or appropriate. You should
exercise caution in disclosing personally identifying information in
connection with the posting or storing of any User Generated Content
on the Site.
Cookies
We from time to time use cookies on our Site. Cookies
are small text files that your web browser leaves on your hard drive
to recognize you as a repeat user of our Site, track your use of our
Site and target advertising. This allows for personalization of certain
aspects of your visit to our Site. Information gathered from cookies
in this way is only used on an aggregate basis. Unless a visitor specifically
provides their identity to us, e.g., by registering at our Site, providing
information through an online form or sending us correspondence from
the Site, we will not know who the identification of individual visitors.
We may use cookies to store preferences; record session information;
develop information about Site visitors’ preferences and interests; record
past activity at a website in order to provide better service when you
return to our Site; or customize web page content based on information
you voluntarily provide.
You can disable cookies using your Internet browser settings. Please consult your browsers’ help function for information on how to disable cookies. Note that if you disable cookies, certain features of our Site may not function properly. Links Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please recognize that we do not control these third party websites and this Privacy Statement will not apply to those websites. You should consult each applicable privacy policy before using another linked website.
Security
We have security measures in place to
protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under
our control. While we strive to ensure the integrity and security of
our network and systems, we cannot guarantee that our security measures
will prevent third-parties from intercepting information. You should
not assume or expect that any communication that you transmit to us (such
as personally identifiable or other data, questions or answers, comments,
or suggestions) is confidential. Alliance shall not be liable or responsible
if any information about you is intercepted and used by an unintended
recipient.
California Users
In accordance with California Civil Code
1798.83, California residents are entitled to know that they may file
grievances and complaints at California Department of Consumer Affairs,
400 R Street, Suite 1080, Sacramento, CA 95814, or by phone at 916-445-1254
or 800-952-5210; or by email to dca@dca.ca.gov
Access, Correction and
Contacting Us
You may contact us at mail@pdmaalliance.org if you wish
to correct or change any information about you that we may have collected
or if you wish to opt-out of receiving any communications from us or
request that any information about you remain “non-published.”
If you have questions about anything contained in this Privacy Statement, including how your personal information is used, please contact us at mail@pdmaalliance.org.
Privacy Statement Changes
We reserve the right to change
or update the Privacy Policy at any time. Please be advised we will not
reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your explicit consent,
and we expect that most such changes will be minor. Regardless, we will
post any Privacy Policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant,
we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain matters,
email notification of Privacy Policy changes). To ensure that you are
up to date on all matters related to this Privacy Policy, please periodically
review this page for changes and updates. The effective date of any such
change and of the Privacy Policy will be clearly marked.
This Privacy
Statement was last revised on and is effective as of October 30, 2009.